Shirt-waist.



No. 728,571. PATBNTED MAY 19, 1903.

w. H.; HAMILTON.

SHIRT WAIST.

' APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1901.

F6 MODEL.

UNITED STATES- Patented May 19, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM H. HAMILTON, OF MOKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIRT-WAIST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,571, dated May 19,1903.

7 Application filed August 7 ,1901. Serial No. 71,227. i (No model.)

To all whom it rrtaty concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at McKeesport, in'the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have in-v vented certain new and useful Improvements inShirt-Waists, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to.

the invention consists in a shirt-waist having a waistband connected tothe inner face of the shirt-waist, straps attached to said waistbandextending into the shirt waist and through the same, the inner endsofsaid straps carrying buttons or other suitable fastening means and theouter extensions of said straps being provided with buttonholes.

The invention further consists in the novel combinationandarrangement-of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, andspecured to the inner face of the shirt-waist, saidwaistband havingattachedthereto straps 5, extending in the inner side of saidshirtwaist, these straps extending through said shirt-waist to the frontthereof, as shown at 6, the'inner ends of the straps carrying buttons 7or other suitable fastening means for the suspenders, while the'outerextensions of the straps are provided with buttonholes 8. Thereference-numeral 9 indicates a strap arranged upon the shoulder portionto retain the suspenders in position.

The manner of wearing my shirt-waist is as follows:. The suspendersbeing applied to the buttons 7, a series of straps being arranged aroundthe entire garment, two at each side of the same and two in the rear ofthe same, the suspenders being in position, the shirt-waist isthensecured in the 0rdi nary manner, the lowerends of the straps 6fastened to the buttons secured upon the trousers.

The many advantages obtained by the use of this shirt-waist will bereadily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, and it will benoted that various changesmay be made in the details of construction without departing from the"general spirit of my in--- vention.

3 Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is 1 .1. In a shirt-waist, an interiorwaistband, straps rigidly secured to said waistband between the same andthe waist, said straps each having an upwardly-extending portioncarrying a button on the interior of the waist, and a portion extendingon the exterior downwardly through apertures provided In testimonywhereof I afifix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. HAMILTON.

Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. E. POTTER.

